Bath cock.



PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903.

Noi '743.602'

H. M. WEAVER.

BATH COCK.

APPLICATION PILED AUG. 27, 19.02.

2 SHEETS- SHEBT 1.

NO MODEL..

WITNESSES 'IVVENTOR PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903.

H. M. WBAVER;

` BATH COGK. APPLICATION PILED AUG. 27.. 1902.

Q-SHBETS-SHEET 2.

NO MODEL.

WITNESSES V JNVENTOR s rmmw Attorney HENRY M. WEAVER,

, BATH- Patented November 10, 1903.

PATENT FFICE i OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

COCK.

SPECIFICATION Eorming part of Letters Patent Ne. '743,602, dated November 10, 1903. Application filed August 27, 1902. Serial No, 121.243. I (No model.)

To all whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. VVEAVER, a

resident of Mansfield, in the county of Rich-' land and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Cocks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in bath-cocks, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and etficient device of' this character by means of which hot and cold water can be discharged separately one at a time or commingled and discharged together in any proportion to regulate 'the temperature of the water.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parte, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View illustrating Iny inprovements. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a view in horizontal section, and Fig. 4 is a view illustrating a modification.

l represents the end of a tub, and 2 the casing of my improved cock, which is of a general inverted truncated conical shape, closed at its lower end and screwthreaded at its upper end to receive a cap &having an elongated neck 4, forming a firm hearing for the vertical sten 5 of myimproved valve or cock 6, a suitable handhold 7 being secured upon the upper end of the ste'n to facilitate turning the valve.

On opposite-sides of casing 2 hot and cold water pipes 8 and 9, respectively, are located and are provided with curved dncts curving around the face of casing 2, separated by a partition 10 and communicating with the cas ing by means of openings ll and 12, respecthecasing. I 14 is provided around the valve near its upper end, and a longitudinal groove or channel 15 extends from the lower end of the valve to groove 14 to direct the Water therein, from which it is discharged through nozzle 16, communicating with casing 2 at a point in alinement with groove or channel 14: and projecting through and into tub l to direct the water therein.

The operation of myimprovements is as follows: The groove or channel 15 is suffi'ciently wide to eXtend from opening ll to opening 12 in casing 2, as shown in Fig. 3, and permit both hot and cold water to enter the chan- 'IIGL'flOW into channel 14, and escape together through" the nozzle. By turning the valve the relative sizes of these openings can be varied to govern the proportion of hot and cold water permitted to escape and by tnrning the valve to the right opening ll can be ena turn to the left will shut oit the cold water and admit only hot water, and afurther turn in either direction will close both openings, as will be be readily understood.

It will be seen that with my improvements above described the spring 13 holds the valve Watertight, and the peripheral groove or channel 14: directs the'discharge of the water, not permitting it to escape past the valve, and no stufiing-box is necessary in the cover; but I might dispense with groove or channel 14 and continue the groove or channel 15 throughout the'length of the valve, as shown in Fig. 4:, when the water will flow past 'the `valve and escape through the nozzle which communicates with the casing above the ValVe. With this form of my *invention it would of course be necessary to provide a stuffing-bcx in the Gap or cover; but I would also employ the spring 13 to hold .the valve in working position and prevent leakage.

A great many other changes might be made in the general form and'arrangenent of the 'parts described without departing frornmy invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise Construction set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such sli-ght changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

tirely closed to admit only cold water, while A peripheral groove or channel Ido Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cock comprising a conical casing pro- Vided with inlets for hot and cold Water, and a partition located between said inlets and serving as part of a valveseat, in combination with a conical valve fitting said casing and provided on one of its sides with a single Vertical channel having a Width greater than that of the inne' end of said partition and adapted to communicate with either one of said inlet-openings or with both of them simultaneously, and tobe adjusted out of communication With either 01' both, said channel being adapted to discharge the water at its upper end.

2. A cock, eomprising a conical casing having inlets for hot and cold water, a conical valve in said casing having a channel in one side to communicate with one, both,or neither. of said inlets according to its position, a peripheral channel around said valve with which the first-mentioned channel communicates, and a spout or nozzle conmunicating With the casing into which the peripheral channel directs the water.

Iu testimon y Whereof I have signed this speefication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. VVEAVER.

Witnesses:

J AS. J. MAGUIRE, N. B. BIGELOW. 

